Special interest cages??? What do you drive?

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

And ****, the new tC's have a 6-speed. Were you looking at an older model?

yea, I think I may have been looking at an older model, didn't see the year though.

also @subxero we had a pretty crazy winter too last winter and I was stuck on my bike for most of it with a broken down car (this is why I want a more reliable car) I do like the wrx hatchbacks so I'll look into it and you really can't go wrong with a civic si

[Joshua763]

Pick up truck. 2004, I cant believe its been ten years.

[Old Lemon]

2012 mazda 2 5 speed manual, my friends say i have too much green; car, bike, shoes etc.

But i say the world needs more green. I dont see people telling others with blacked out cars and clothes saying thats too much black, but imo black is boring.

Once i get a new job i plan to lower it a bit, either get new wheels or plasti dip these, tint the windows, upgrade the ecu, and possibly get an exhaust. Just have an intake in it now and i really like the sound. I would like an exhaust for the hp boost since this car is slow but i dont really want it louder.

Bonus points to anyone who knows where the decal is from

[choneofakind]

No idea on the vinyl, but DON'T BE THAT GUY WHO PAINTS HIS STOCK WHEELS! Ghetto as heck and totally garbage.

I guess this doesn't look so bad:

but idk, I guess modded small hatches aren't really my thing. They all seem farty to me because we all know it's an itty bitty 4-banger, not anything menacing. I would do rims and leave it be, maybe a sway bar if the car sways badly. MAAAYYYBBEEE coilovers if you feel like getting wild and crazy in the handling department. But I'd likely get rims and let it be. Keep the OE wheels for winter tires.

[Old Lemon]

yea im not a huge fan of the stock wheels my self, if i were to dip them it would just be to test colors. Im all about green so i was just going to do green wheels, then i thought maybe black with a green strip.

I like small cars like this, its kind of like the ninja 250 of cars. good mpg, slow but quick enough and fun to drive. and im more fond of higher pitched engines like super sports compared to deep throaty tunes like v6s/8 and harleys

[Mountain Dew]

Plastidip is even lazier and more ghetto than rattle can primer/flat black.

[crazymadbastard]

Currently:
2000 New Beetle
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited v8 AWD
2013 Passat

Most interesting current ones:
2002 Audi Quatro v6 twin turbo 2.7t sports package 6 speed stick- same weight as S4 because of aluminum hood on this model.

1992 Chrysler Lebaron Convertible 5 speed Super 60 turbo intercooled, 300hp

Looking to sell all but the Passat and start fresh, getting some new ideas here.

Prior:
01 A6 2.7t auto
eagle talon-5spd n/a
1965 Mustang couple 6
1969 camaro v8 swap
1964 1/2 mustang coupe
1986 Fiero GT v6
1978 Mazda Rx7
95 Toyota tercel 1.5l 4 spd-
1988 Lebaron 2.2turbo Auto

[InvisiBill]

I have a couple Syclones... Here's a pic of #0187 next to my buddy's FRS.




I swapped on the other wheels/tires and got the decals. Still need to get the replacement cladding pieces painted and installed...




Here's a shot of #1456 in the SyTy's natural habitat - broken.




Here's an older one (back when digital cameras sucked) right after we did a bit of detailing.



When they're running well, these things are fun little stoplight warriors, even in stock form. They're torque monsters, and the auto and AWD make it real easy to put it to the ground.

[corksil]

Honda CRX.

build it, boost it, swap it, drop it, bag it, tuck it, shave it, tint it, lift it, slam it, technologic. Technologic. Technologic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoPplpBPQxQ&feature=kp

Making around 280whp (that's a conservative number, I am not trying to e-stat or e-brag)

1970lb curb weight with a half tank and me in the driver seat with 30lb backpack on the passenger seat strapped down tight for those hairpins.

I'd link some pics but my photobucket free account has exceeded the bandwidth limits and images won't show up.

[camaroz1985]

Always liked the Syclone/Typhoon. Nice looking trucks

[csmith12]

Originally Posted by dwright0723

My Camaro race car and my old 82 C10

I have stood in that driveway, and seen the camaro behind the fence, cool stuff ... wish I still had mine.

[dwright0723]

Originally Posted by InvisiBill

I have a couple Syclones... Here's a pic of #0187 next to my buddy's FRS.

Looks good except for those michigan plates!

Originally Posted by csmith12

I have stood in that driveway, and seen the camaro behind the fence, cool stuff ... wish I still had mine.

hahaha yeah! I had to get her back inside man! Even with the cover on it, the rain was eating at her! I think I'm actually probably getting ready to sell her man! Too many toys while in school! Everyone else is traveling and having fun on summer break, and I'm here paying for all my toys Gotta pay to play though

[Sirref]

I officially, and finally own my pickup truck

a '93 ford ranger, yes my truck is as old as me but everything about it feels like a brand new truck, I'll post pictures tomorrow explaining this point. The thing is mint and lacks any flaws except for my rearview mirror curse lol. Ever car I have ever owned has had the rearview mirror fall off within 24 hours of me purchasing it

[SpidermanGeek]

Nothing special here.

2010 Matrix XRS



and a 2000 Sunfire GT

[camaroz1985]

New cage. 2014 Volt

[sharky nrk]

Originally Posted by sharky nrk

FUN - 300whp track driven MY03 WRX
DD - '03 Silverado work truck
DD2 - MY95 Legacy wagon
DD Wife - '08 Honda Civic

Been a long time since I posted this, figured I better update

Gave the DD2 Leggy Wagon to my little brother - and he blew it up
Traded the DD Wife - Civic in on a '11 Mazda6 in 2010
Traded the DD Wife - Mazda6 in on a '06 Honda Odyssey in 2013



Which BTW is literally one of the best vehicles I have owned. Anyone that badmouths a minivan just doesn't know any better. There is NOTHING I have been in that makes trips with 3 kids and a boxer more tolerable that a Honda Odyssey. LOVE IT.

And bought this in 2013



Fun2 - 2013 Subaru BRZ Limited - GREAT little car. Just enough power to make it dynamically entertaining. Great chassis, great gearbox, just a really really fun little car.

Still have Fun1 - 300whp MY03 WRX -



and then most recently I quit my job, gave back the work truck, moved back to Texas, and commute on Ninjette

[choneofakind]

Originally Posted by sharky nrk

And bought this in 2013



Fun2 - 2013 Subaru BRZ Limited - GREAT little car. Just enough power to make it dynamically entertaining. Great chassis, great gearbox, just a really really fun little car.

You had me a BRZ

I want one.

[Proteus]

I'm a car guy, I've spent many many hours wrenching on Euros. We're mainly a VW family, we've had:

1986 mk2 GTI 1.8 8V
1987 mk2 GTI 1.8 8V prepped for Street Prepared Autocross with the oil pan 1" off the ground
1989 mk2 Cabriolet 1.8 8v
2002 mk4 Jetta 1.8T Wagon
2003 mk4 Jetta 2.slow
And now we have a 2007 2.0T Eos - it's the hard top convertible and it's awesome!

Also love BMW's:
1987 E30 325i
1989 E30 325i
2002 E46 325i

I also had a 1982 Volvo 245T. That thing was a ton of fun. I bought it for $600, put on an inter cooler from a 700 and a homemade boost controller. Turned the boost up to 25psi and rocketed around. Turned the boost up to 30 and shot a rod.

The outlier was my 2000 Dodge Dakota, and as much as I hated that thing I miss having a pickup. My next car will be a mk1 VW caddy pickup, and it will be sitting on the ground.

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

You had me a BRZ

I want one.

agreed BRZ are fun

personally I see myself going for my older bro's idea of a team effort with the two of us going in on a spec racing miata (he can't do it alone anyway because with his parking situation he can't fit another car (city vs rural))

now that will be fun autocross events are nice and cheap and I get to smoke my older bro

[allanoue]

[MagicMike]

My z32 is booked in for a tune on Thursday after the injector upgrade. Will see what it spins up

[speedgsx98]

Nissan Leaf, 2010 SUbaru WRX running on e85 with 430hp to the wheels, and (2) Honda PCX 150 scooters.

[MrAtom]

Seeing both my bike and my truck, you'd think that I enjoy things that are kinda beat up and blue.



I wanna paint it yellow and convert it to the Pizza Planet truck.

[Mountain Dew]

Looking at a project truck. A real truck, not a ute like I've had several of. Body bad but engine and trans rebuilt. May rat it out or be my bodywork guinea pig.

Will post more info later.

[MagicMike]

Started dialling in the boost controller to smooth the boost curve after this run. Increased boost more and was getting spark blowout Didn't even get to start bringing the timing back in so it was a good result considering...

Time for ignition upgrade and more boost

[Asspire]

I drive an old POS, burns too much gas, backfires, smells, tries to spontaneously combust...... but that feeling when you hit the throttle....

[csmith12]

[Mountain Dew]

New project. Rebuilt engine and trans; IHC V345/TorqueFlite 727, driven by a Dana 44. Absolutely bulletproof combo. I expect the drivetrain to outlive what's left of the body and chassis. And the apocalypse.

[yaskota]

My 1984 Porsche 928S daily driver/project car... ;-)

[Alex]

I always liked the look of those.

[Mountain Dew]

Definitely like the 944 and 914 WAY better than any of the 911 series.

[InvisiBill]

Originally Posted by camaroz1985

New cage. 2014 Volt

I recently upgraded my daily driver too. 2014 Silver Ice Metallic with the dark leather interior package.



I like that it hasn't actually used any gas in a week (about 200 miles).



It was a demo car, so it had about 2,600 miles on it already (skewing the EV/gas stats). I had a Cobalt with the killer ignition, so I got employee pricing, plus the demo discount, plus they gave me basically full private party KBB value for the Cobalt (and they came and hauled away the dead Saturn too). In the end, it was only a few grand more than a base model Cruze (after figuring in the tax credit), so I couldn't say no.

I've already swapped the interior lights over to LED. Not that I think it'll provide any noticeable power savings, but they're just whiter and more reliable. I'm looking at swapping HIDs into the stock halogen projectors too. I'm trying to decide if I want to spend the $200 to reprogram my radio/display to add in my own backup camera.

Now I just need to get my 240V charger installed - that should let me recharge from my commute miles in about two hours, giving me a full charge to go out to dinner or something in the evening.

[choneofakind]

^^^do you ever worry about the gas in that? I mean if you find that it's feasible to recharge and always be full electric and you never end up using a tank, or maybe use a tank every 2 months, wouldn't you worry about the gas going bad? I'd probably be adding stabil every tank just to calm my mind.

[InvisiBill]

Originally Posted by choneofakind

^^^do you ever worry about the gas in that? I mean if you find that it's feasible to recharge and always be full electric and you never end up using a tank, or maybe use a tank every 2 months, wouldn't you worry about the gas going bad? I'd probably be adding stabil every tank just to calm my mind.

It's got a pressurized gas tank so it keeps longer. If you go too long without using any gas, the computer will actually run the engine some to make sure it doesn't gum up. GM recommends you burn through the 10 gallon tank within a year. =)

People who know they'll very rarely use the gas tend to not fill it completely. That way there's less of it to go bad/burn through, plus it's less extra weight to carry around.

Check out some of the leaders at http://www.voltstats.net/. That data is pulled from OnStar, as opposed to people manually entering data. I think you can game the per-charge/per-tank stats somewhat by not doing a complete fill-up, but there are still some pretty impressive numbers there. http://www.voltstats.net/Stats/Details/371 currently has 58,469.27 EV miles out of 58,608.67 total. That's only 139.4 gas-powered miles (which should be less than 4 gallons of gas burned) in nearly 59K.

At the EPA-rated 36KWh/100mi, that's a total of 21,049KWh used. At $0.12/KWh, that works out to $2,525.88 in electric costs. If you figure $3.50/gal, that would get you less than 722 gallons of gas. Even at 40MPG, that would only get you 28,867 miles. He got over twice that on the electricity.

Current EV technology simply doesn't work for everyone in every situation. If it does work for you, it can save you quite a bit of money though. I know for a fact that the hard limits of pure EVs won't work for me, so I got the Volt to be able to take long and/or unexpected trips on regular gas just like everyone else. But I really like that I can do all my normal weekly commuting on $5 of electricity rather than 3 or 4 gallons of gas.

I do wish the Volt had a 6.6KW charger rather than the 3.3KW. OnStar stats show that most people use the standard 120V charger at home, so going with a more expensive, faster 240V charger wouldn't even be noticed by most. However, it would allow for quicker top-offs (an hour would give you half a charge), making it even easier to do all your daily driving without needing gas. Also, most states don't allow anyone but utilities to sell electricity to consumers, so most public charging stations simply charge you for the amount of time you're using it. They both pay $X to park there for an hour, but a Leaf will actually draw twice the power of a Volt in that hour. With the inflated rates some stations charge, it's actually cheaper for the Volt owner to buy gas instead.

[choneofakind]

^^ good info, thanks!

I had no idea that the tank was pressurized or that on star kept track of all that. Impressive numbers of gas miles vs electric miles

[camaroz1985]

I use a little bit of gas every day. My commute is 60 miles round trip and I haven't found anywhere to plug in at work yet (have been getting 45-50 miles per charge, my best is 52). I have been getting about 1000 miles per fillup (usually fill up with about 8-8.5 gallons).

The really great thing is you never HAVE to charge if you can't, and you can use it as a normal vehicle for longer trips. We took a 450 mile trip last weekend, and averaged 42 mpg on gas only. Then when we got where we were going, charged up and drove around all weekend without using any gas, then made the trip home.

The car is actually fun to drive too. Low center of gravity keeps it cornering pretty flat, and the instant torque from the electric motor is great. The really limiting factor is the low rolling resistance tires.

[InvisiBill]

Originally Posted by camaroz1985

I use a little bit of gas every day. My commute is 60 miles round trip and I haven't found anywhere to plug in at work yet (have been getting 45-50 miles per charge, my best is 52). I have been getting about 1000 miles per fillup (usually fill up with about 8-8.5 gallons).

The really great thing is you never HAVE to charge if you can't, and you can use it as a normal vehicle for longer trips. We took a 450 mile trip last weekend, and averaged 42 mpg on gas only. Then when we got where we were going, charged up and drove around all weekend without using any gas, then made the trip home.

The car is actually fun to drive too. Low center of gravity keeps it cornering pretty flat, and the instant torque from the electric motor is great. The really limiting factor is the low rolling resistance tires.

What he said, pretty much 100%.

My commute is only about 20 miles round trip, plus a couple miles for lunch. I know I have plenty of spare electrons, so I'm not at all "eco" about driving it most days. My best (in a week and a half of owning it) is the 41 miles pictured above. It's getting about time for gas prices to jump up again around here, so I figured I'd fill up before that happened. I put in 4.77 gallons and had put 551 miles on it. One night, I had dinner at a restaurant with a charger in the parking lot, so I got an hour or two of (free) 240V charging. Other than that, I've only done 120V overnight charging at home - I really want to get that 240V charger installed to make it even easier to avoid gas outside my normal commute.

I think the Volt is a great gateway EV, if you can get a good deal on one. If you can handle 40 miles between charges (whether that's <40mi per day, having a charger available at work, etc.), you can pretty much go without using gas at all (see the guy I linked above). However, you still have a normal ICE car's range on a tank of gas if needed (longer trips, no charger available, etc.). Until you can recharge an EV for a tankful worth of miles as quick as stopping at a gas station (via some combination of quicker charging and larger capacity), pure EVs aren't very suitable for many people's needs. If you absolutely never use gas, you should probably just get a pure EV, and if you're always on gas, you should probably just get a more efficient ICE car. But with the Volt, at least you have the option and the ability to be "mostly EV" without having to buy a second car for when pure EV doesn't work.

It really is pretty fun to drive. I was looking at acceleration numbers for another discussion, and it's comparable to the 190HP 4-cylinder Accord EX. It's not meant to be a sportscar, but it's pretty peppy for being so heavy. The Cobalt came with LRR tires too, and they sucked horribly. I doubt I'll go buy brand new tires just to upgrade, but I'm sure I'll get something less eco-oriented when I have to replace them.

[buhsray]

You guys all have cool cars :O

[sharky nrk]

Yeah but we all have cool bikes lol

[menikmati]

Haven't been on this forum in a while, but I'm now a cager in a BRZ.